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Preview: Westfield FFA Cup Round of 32 MD 2

Hyundai A-League clubs make their Westfield FFA Cup debut in MD 2 with the Mariners in Melbourne, City in WA and Wanderers and Phoenix meet in Sydney’s west as the Cup continues on Tuesday night.

In a further incentive for the Member Federation clubs, Westfield FFA Cup partner NAB will give the club $2,500 for each goal they score against a Hyundai A-League opponent as part of NAB’s Golden Goals initiative.

Arthur Papas’s Gully are thrown in the deep end facing Hyundai A-League opposition at their first chance.

At the same time, Keilor on a cold, windy night is nothing like the sunny Central Coast.

It all points to an intriguing main broadcast game on Fox Sports when the A-League pros head to NPL territory in Melbourne.

Papas' attack-minded side have gained plenty of admirers in the PS4 NPL with their high-intensity game plan.

And while Gully are Westfield FFA Cup debutants their coach knows all about Cup runs after his run to the last eight in 2015 with Oakleigh Cannons

With A-League experience in their squad - including former Victory man Roddy Vargas and George Lambadaridis - you sense the club have a sniff of Cup fever.

Attackers Liam Boland, Nick Krousoratis and Evan Christodoulou have been free-scorers this season.

What's more, Gully played Friday, giving enough recovery time for the big one (though it was a weakened side they put out that lost 3-0 to ladder leaders Bentleigh with keeper Rani Dowisha getting sent off).

Tony Walmsley is in the middle of re-shaping his squad for next Hyundai A-League season and the early indications are the squad is gelling nicely.

Could a Cup shock be on the cards at Green Gully Reserve? It would be a massive boilover if the hosts disposed a Hyundai A-League club...and the Mariners know it.

They were dumped out at home 1-0 by Wellington Phoenix in last season's Round of 32 courtesy of a keeper clanger, but their defensive stocks are vastly improved these days.

Another year, another rebuild for the Wanderers, with Tuesday night the first chance to have a good look at Tony Popovic's squad renovation (though they played behind closed doors last Friday on the Gold Coast, defeating Roar 2-1 at Cbus).

It will be interesting to get a look at new boys Uruguayan Bruno Pintares, Japanese Jumpei Kusukami and Spanish defender Aritz Borda.

For their opponents, they are also in a building phase after missing the A-League finals last season.

The FFA Cup hasn't been a great competition for the 'Nix over the last two seasons but coach Ernie Merrick will hope a good run in this competition will be the catalyst to an upturn in fortunes over the next 12 months.

New faces include ex-Melbourne Victory duo Gui Finkler and Kosta Barbarouses, while Dutchman Roly Bonevacia always has that ability to change a game on his own.

A rather low-key build-up means neither side will know much about how the other is travelling but you can be sure they'll want to make an early statement in this all-A-League battle.

They’ve won an ACL and an A-League Premiership, but Wanderers have yet to make their mark on this competition, famously being dumped out by NPL opposition two years ago in Adelaide.